A flexible wearable antenna

Author

Cibin, C. ; Leuchtmann, P. ; Gimersky, M. ; Vahldieck, R. ; Moscibroda, S.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. Fields & Microwave Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

3589

Abstract

The paper describes the development of a flexible wearable antenna used in military and police work. The design is based on numerical simulations using commercial software. Simulations taking into account the curved-surface profile of the antenna and differently sized human bodies are presented. Experimentally obtained return loss and radiation patterns are shown in comparison with the computed results. Measured return loss better than 7 dB has been achieved across the frequency band of 360-460 MHz. The superiority of the antenna with respect to conventionally used antennas in the abovementioned applications is demonstrated.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; loss measurement; military communication; mobile antennas; mobile radio; numerical analysis; police; 360 to 460 MHz; commercial software; curved-surface profile; flexible wearable antenna; human body size; military work; numerical simulations; police work; radiation patterns; return loss; Absorption; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Biomedical monitoring; Frequency; Humans; Loss measurement; Military computing; Shape measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8302-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2004.1330122

Filename

1330122